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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 听风就是雨
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 听风就是雨 | tīng fēng jiù shì yǔ | - lit. to believe in the rain on hearing the wind (idiom) - to believe rumors - to be credulous |
List Ranking:
Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.
| HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | - | - | 70,747 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 听 | yǐn | - smile (archaic) |
| 听 | tīng | - to listen to; to hear - to heed; to obey - a can (loanword from English "tin") - classifier for canned beverages - to let be; to allow (Taiwan pr. [ting4]) - (literary) to administer; to deal with (Taiwan pr. [ting4]) |
| 风 | fēng | - wind - news - style - custom - manner - CL:陣|阵[zhen4],絲|丝[si1] |
| 就 | jiù | - (after a suppositional clause) in that case; then - (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after - (same as 就是[jiu4 shi4]) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly - only; as little as - as much as; as many as - to approach; to move towards - to undertake; to engage in - (often followed by 著|着[zhe5]) taking advantage of - (of food) to go with - with regard to; concerning - (pattern: 就[jiu4] ... 也[ye3] ...) even if ... still ... - (pattern: 不[bu4] ... 就[jiu4] ...) if not ... then must be ... |
| 是 | shì | - to be (followed by substantives only) - correct; right; true - (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well - (adverb for emphatic assertion) |
| 是 | shì | - variant of 是[shi4] |
| 雨 | yǔ | - rain - CL:陣|阵[zhen4],場|场[chang2] |
| 雨 | yù | - (literary) to rain - (of rain, snow etc) to fall - to precipitate - to wet |
Other Words Containing 听风就是雨
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| Word | HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
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